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Rapidly dropping temperatures in the fall and an abundance of deciduous trees make for a striking foliage scene in New England. Instead of driving yourself through the scenic routes, missing the sights while you keep your eyes on the road, join a bus tour dedicated to making the most of the red, orange, yellow and green splendor of a New England fall.

Caravan Tours

From late September to mid-October, Caravan Tours offers an eight-day tour covering all six New England states. Begin in Boston before heading south along the coastline; then enjoy the scenery changes as you travel inland through Rhode Island and Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In addition to viewing fall foliage, you will visit maritime museums, historical sites and covered bridges. The tour includes hotel accommodations in six cities, breakfast every day and some dinners.

Dan Dipert Tours

From Memphis, Tennessee, Dan Dipert Tours takes travelers on a 13-day excursion in late September that includes New England. The tour heads north through the Appalachian Mountains to Niagara Falls. Passengers enjoy a cruise on the St. Lawrence Seaway before heading east through the Adirondacks to Lake Placid, where water views and fall foliage mingle. The tour stops at Ausable Chasm, where sandstone cliffs formed 500 million years ago. In Vermont, travelers can view autumn scenery in the Green Mountains and see a 200-year-old covered bridge. Tours include hotel, daily breakfast and most dinners.

Hunt Valley Motor Coach

For those with less than a week to spend on their tour, Hunt Valley Motor Coach plans a five-day foliage tour in early October that focuses on one region: New Hampshire's Lakes Region and the White Mountains, home to some of New England's most spectacular foliage. The tour includes nightly hotel and daily breakfast and dinner, with one dinner on a dinner train, and cheese and wine receptions.

New England Vacations Tours

The eight-day Grand Fall Foliage Tours by New England Vacation Tours starts on a choice of dates from early September thorough early October. Begin the tour in Hartford, Connecticut and spend five days traveling through scenic byways in Boston, New Hampshire and Vermont; the tour then continues north to Montreal for more fall foliage and tourist attractions. This tour includes round-trip airfare, deluxe hotel accommodations, all dinners and entrance fees to all attractions.

Northeast Tour Destinations

Northeast Unlimited Tours offers the eight-day Taste of New England tour beginning in Boston and concluding in Maine. See the historic sites of Boston; then head to Vermont for farm visits and scenic drives. The White Mountains and New Hampshire's Lakes region are next, including a mountain-side tram ride to take in the scenery from above ground level. The bus drives the Kancamagus Highway before heading for Maine. Tours include hotels, daily breakfast, one lunch and seven dinners.

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Nadia Nygaard has been writing and editing since 2005. She is published in "Farm and Ranch Living" and has edited projects as diverse as grant proposals, medical dissertations and tenant law handbooks. She is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in English and women's studies.